Next year’s film will also see Zoe Kravitz appear as the mysterious Leta Lestrange and Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander.

The movie is penned by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, following on from her screenwriting debut on Fantastic Beasts last year, and is again directed by David Yates.

Eddie Redmayne and JK Rowling attending the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them premiere in London (Ian West/PA)

Speaking at a fan event to launch the first Fantastic Beasts movie in London last year, Rowling said she had already planned scripts for at least three further instalments in the series, following the second film.